A Revelation to John, 6

¹ And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice as of thunder: “Come!”

² And I saw, and, look! a white horse; and the one seated upon it had a bow; and a crown was given him, and he went forth conquering and to complete his conquest.

³ And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say: “Come!”

⁴ And another came forth, a fiery-colored horse; and to the one seated upon it there was granted to take peace away from the earth so that they should slaughter one another; and a great sword was given him.

⁵ And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say: “Come!” And I saw, and, look! a black horse; and the one seated upon it had a pair of scales in his hand.

⁶ And I heard a voice as if in the midst of the four living creatures say: “A quart^*1 of wheat for a de·narʹi·us,^*2 and three quarts of barley for a de·narʹi·us; and do not harm the olive oil and the wine.”

⁷ And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say: “Come!”

⁸ And I saw, and, look! a pale horse; and the one seated upon it had the name Death. And Haʹdes^*1 was closely following him. And authority was given them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with a long sword and with food shortage^*2 and with deadly plague^*3 and by the wild beasts of the earth.

⁹ And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those slaughtered because of the word of God and^*1 because of the witness work^*2 that they used to have.

¹⁰ And they cried with a loud voice, saying: “Until when, Sovereign Lord^*1 holy and true, are you refraining from judging and avenging our blood upon those who dwell on the earth?”

¹¹ And a white robe was given to each of them; and they were told to rest a little while longer, until the number was filled also of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they also had been.

¹² And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake occurred; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the entire moon became as blood,

¹³ and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as when a fig tree shaken by a high wind casts its unripe figs.

¹⁴ And the heaven departed as a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and [every] island were removed from their places.

¹⁵ And the kings of the earth and the top-ranking ones and the military commanders^*1 and the rich and the strong ones and every slave and [every] free person hid themselves in the caves and in the rock-masses of the mountains.

¹⁶ And they keep saying to the mountains and to the rock-masses: “Fall over us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,

¹⁷ because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”